The Quality Of Textbooks in Higher Education: An Investigation on the Books in the Field of Educational Sciences

The textbooks entitled Teaching Principals and Methods, Introduction to Educational Sciences, Turkish Educational System and School Management, Classroom Management, published between 2009-2014 to be used in the faculties of education were examined in terms of publishers, authors’ profile, academic title, bibliography, contact information, and standardized contents by YOK; the views of academics were evaluated. 111 books were considered and the perceptions of 13 academics from 8 different universities were received. The data collected through book reviews and interviews were analyzed through document and descriptive analyses. Findings indicate the books examined in this study lack academic and esthetic quality in many ways.